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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 4262519, member: 1145"]
John Swofford did not organize any of what happened. He did not anticipate VA state government getting involved and doing so quite forcefully and quickly. Swofford, who on this was largely under the sway of FSU and Bowden, assumed that he could win over UNC to vote to go to 12, which Dook and UVA would then follow or else abstain. He had no idea that VT had such clout, nor that some schools who were ardently for 12 members (to get the CCG), were less than thrilled with the idea of both BC and Syracuse. Clemson people - who had axes to grind with Swofford from  way back - led that group. Swofford's quick embrace of the Miami Plan (to add Miami, BC, and Cuse) and the long time Clemson resentments of Swofford may have been the only reason that Clemson people were big on VT before anybody else but me seemed to think that VT belonged in the ACC.

Do you think it mathematically possible for the ACC to have gone to 12 with BC and Cuse both admitted once VT crashed the party? VT fought to get in. ACC football [B]needed[/B] that, as the next decade showed. Miami was assured of being #11. No more than 1 of BC and Cuse could be #12.
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